Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesUpdate Nccn Updates Breast Cancer Guidelines
Friday, February 29th, 2008The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is proud to announce several new updates to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in OncologyTM Breast Cancer. These changes highlight leading developments in the treatment of breast cancer and represent the recognized standard for clinical care in oncology in both the community and the academic practice settings. A new […]
Comments Requested Protein Linked With Poor Prognosis In Early-stage Breast Cancer (healthday)
Thursday, February 28th, 2008HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — High levels of a protein calledKi-67 are associated with poor prognosis in women with early-stage breastcancer, but this protein may not be useful in identifying patients whowould benefit from additional chemotherapy, an Italian study suggests. (Link)
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Important Lung Cancer Surgery Improves Quality Of Life (reuters)
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Reuters - Surgery for lung cancer can have a substantial impact on long-term, health-related quality of life, the results of a study published in the current issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggest. (Link)
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Your Comments? Colon Cancer Gene Traced To Arrival In United States (healthday)
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) — Mr. and Mrs. George Frysailed from the Old World to the New World around 1630 on a ship mostlikely named the William & Mary. (Link)
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Update Minority Women More Likely Than White Women To Have Pain Related To Certain Type Of Breast Cancer, Study Finds
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Minority women are more likely than white women to have severe pain related to metastatic breast cancer, according to a recent study, HealthDay/Washington Post reports. For the study, [click link for full article] (Link)
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Update Men Carry Breast Cancer Genes, Too (ap)
Monday, February 25th, 2008AP - Doctors are encouraging a new group of people to consider getting tested for genes that raise the risk of breast cancer: men. Male relatives of women with such genes often do not realize that they, too, may carry them, and face greater odds of developing male breast cancer, as well as prostate, pancreatic […]
Update Supreme Court Should Hear Appeal In Lawsuit To Expand Access To Experimental Rx For Terminally Ill Patients, Op-ed States
Monday, February 25th, 2008The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will consider a request to hear an appeal in a lawsuit against (Link)
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Comments Requested Sharp Intake Of Breath As 99% Of Smokers Respect The Ban, Uk
Sunday, February 24th, 2008After just three months of smokefree public places in England, research published by ASH (Action on Smoking & Health), Asthma UK and the British Thoracic Society shows 97% of smokers are respecting the ban fully or quitting smoking completely, leaving the rest of us to breathe a sigh of relief. Three quarters (73%) of adults […]
Important Increase In Cases Of Thyroid Cancer May Be Due To Better Detection
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Although still rare, the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing. In this longitudinal study over 12 years from a large cancer registry, Kent and colleagues used the Ontario Cancer Registry to identify 7422 cases of differentiated thyroid cancer from 1990 to 2001. Their results show the jump in the incidence rate of this type of […]
Subject Drug Helps Fight Late-stage Colon Cancer In Some Patients (healthday)
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) — A highly targeted biologicdrug called cetuximab (Erbitux) is the first to extend the survival ofpatients with advanced colon cancer who have otherwise proved resistant toconventional chemotherapy, Canadian researchers confirmed. (Link)
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